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Now all I need is some fish and plants

14 years ago

Here is what I came up with ... a buddy is going to give me some comets, i am thinking I will let it run till mid week before adding. Some one on here mentioned a good mail order plants I will do a search now but let me know if anyone knows.

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teri904
14 years ago
Very nice pond....
hhiii
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks Teri was quite a bit of work and my finger prints are worn off my hands lol but I am happy with the results
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annedickinson
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I like the way you placed the rocks. How big is it? You should really enjoy it this summer!
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hhiii
Original Author
14 years ago
not as big as I would like... but that is all the space we have to work with. I am thinking it is about 4 X 6 ish. on that note how do kio do in a small pond. or should I stick with the basic goldfish?
annedickinson
14 years ago
I know what you mean. I have a restricted space so have to keep mine small also. It is just a bit smaller than yours, 6 X 3 X 2 1/2 - 160 gallons.

My understanding is that koi need LOTS of room. Way more than either of us has. I don't remember the exact formula, but what is in mind is something like 500 gallons per fish. That means I could only have about a third of a koi in mine!! haha

I have a couple of adult fish - 1 comet - Ito - and 1 black volunteer who came in as an egg on a plant (don't know what she is)- Molly - who mate every summer, so there are assorted babies in there from time to time.

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I was at Petsmart today and saw the baby koi and was SOOO tempted to get one, but I behaved and bought just some anacaris.

Whatever you choose, they will have a lovely home!
Anne
hhiii
Original Author
14 years ago
Anne
you are kind how is yours filtered? also what kinds of plants have worked well for yo in the past?
hardin
14 years ago
Nice pond. Looks like someone has been busy. I worked on mine all day today, and I am totally give out and I don't have any finger prints left either.

There are several places to order plants online. Just do a search and it should pull up several. One of the places I order from is Dragonfly Aquatics. There is another one, that I ordered from and the plants were excellent, but I cannot for the life of me, remember who it was. Good luck.
pondbucket
14 years ago
Very nice.

I really like the use of various stone sizes, the small ones coming off the walkway and then the larger ones at the water's edge.
annedickinson
14 years ago
I have a pondmaster pump with a prefilter attached. That has worked well for about 4 years and I love it. However, because my BF, on whose property my pond resides, dislikes algae in any form, I am thinking of adding a skippy filter or a UV light this year. I know that algae goes through blooms but he hates it with a passion. I'm hoping that the skippy filter will reduce the time. If that's doesn't work quickly enough for him I'll get a UV light.

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